Noir, Postmodern, Alternative, Global

Yuri Toroptsov Revisits Baba Yaga’s House

January 26, 2009

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Yuri Toroptsov Revisits Baba Yaga’s House

Baba Yaga, known for devouring children, lived in an equally ghoulish house surrounded skulls and skeletons. Photographer Yury Toroptsov, based in Paris, sees an image of Baba Yaga's cottage in his ancestral house.

Negritude, Black Power, and Dalits of India

January 25, 2009

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Negritude, Black Power, and Dalits of India

While slavery and oppression against Africans is long gone, Indian dalits with a similar condition have been languishing for nearly 2000 years. Now they seem to have found their voice in postmodernism and other literary movements in west.

Werner Herzog II :Encounters with Extraordinary Human Minds and Unexplored Wilderness

January 25, 2009

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Werner Herzog II :Encounters with Extraordinary Human Minds and Unexplored Wilderness

An insight into Herzog's vision of the precarious relationship between mankind, animals and wilderness, as represented in his documentaries.

Saadat Hassan Manto: A Forgotten Literary Voice from a Troubled Subcontinent

January 24, 2009

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Saadat Hassan Manto: A Forgotten Literary Voice from a Troubled Subcontinent

Manto chose to look at the uglier side of humanity and the violence within human souls.

Bianca Runge’s Water and Fish Collage

January 23, 2009

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Bianca Runge’s Water and Fish Collage

A look at Bianca Runge's Water and Fish Collection reminds one of the immensity of water bodies, which could be an allegory for the Universe.

PJ Harvey and John Parish Announce Track Details, Second Show in Paris

January 23, 2009

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PJ Harvey and John Parish Announce Track Details, Second Show in Paris

Track names of PJ Harvey's next album with John Parish, ‘A Woman A Man Walked By’ revealed and a second show in Paris on demand.

Africa’s Musical Soul

January 23, 2009

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Africa’s Musical Soul

Africa's oppressed souls find freedom and emancipation in their music and thus, African music symbolizes the struggle for freedom and liberty all across the world.

Werner Herzog I: Darkness of the Continents and the Soul

January 23, 2009

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Werner Herzog I: Darkness of the Continents and the Soul

Part one from the Werner Herzog series in which we appreciate his unique ability to weave universal darkness with the darkness in the human soul, as represented in his films.

Art: A Life Force

January 23, 2009

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Art: A Life Force

Art is an understated life force, which has always sensitised us and made us more humane.

The Black Fist

January 23, 2009

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The Black Fist

David Diop's struggle against colonial ideas took the form of a literary revolution.

Relevance of Art

January 22, 2009

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Relevance of Art

A look at the relevance of various forms of expressions and if art could exist within a person, and never expressed in any form.